Group work is a lively topic that draws some controversy and debate. Some teachers see it as an essential component of any lesson, whereas others spurn group work and prefer …
Group Work: An Essential Guide
Many people herald the wisdom of crowds, but ask a teacher about crowds of students and they will tell you a different tale that is often characterised by the polar …
ResearchEd York 2016 – Get Your Tickets!
It is coming back… after the success of ResearchEd York at Huntington School back in 2013, we are delighted to welcome ResearchEd back on Saturday the 9th of July, 2016. …
ResearchEd York 2016 is Coming…
Back in May 2014, the first northern ResearchEd event was held in York, at Huntington School. In the interim, ResearchEd has hopped across the pond to New York (still …
Training and Retaining Our Teachers
There is continuous talk about the looming crisis of teacher recruitment. It will likely prove the biggest obstacle to school improvement in the coming five years. Clearly, the quality of …
Teachers – ‘Read…Refine…Reflect…Repeat’
A short reading list for your reflection and refinement. There is a apocryphal tale, attributed often to Abraham Lincoln, though it almost certainly predates America itself, about the value of ‘sharpening …
NTEN ResearchEd York – Teachers Doing It For Themselves
I look on the NTEN ResearchEd conference at Huntington School yesterday with a glowing pride. Is there a little confirmation bias attending my feelings? Yes. And who the hell …
Is [insert educational fad] the New Brain Gym?
‘Is [Insert educational fad] the new Brain Gym?‘ is such a commonly heard refrain on social media outposts like Twitter that it has become easy shorthand for criticising dubious educational practice. …
Evidence in Education and Building Bridges
The drive for research evidence being used in education has achieved something quite radical in our time: it has been met with near universal political consensus. You won’t hear Gove …
Progress being made, but OFSTED are still Requiring Improvement
(Image via http://www.keepcalm-o-matic.co.uk/p/keep-calm-its-only-ofsted-17/) Over four months ago I wrote an article beginning with the question: ‘What does Ofsted want?’ I stated that this question is perhaps the most powerful question …